Agora seems to be quite obsolete, but www4mail (superset of Agora) is alive &
well, as is the following:

                          Instructions for Using ILIAD

WHAT IS ILIAD?

ILIAD is an agent based tool that provides intelligent, selective access to
Internet information. ILIAD searches the Web for answers to your questions
while you're offline. If you have email - you can search the Web!

HOW DO I USE ILIAD?

The ILIAD knowbot is programmed to respond to four categories of
email which are sorted based on information contained in the
Subject line.  The four categories of mail for ILIAD are:

1.  Subject: start iliad
    start iliad in the subject line causes ILIAD to send system
    instructions to the requestor. These instructions are listed
    below for your convenience.

2.  Subject: iliad query
    iliad query in the subject line initiates the query processing
    mode.  If the entire format of the query is correct, the query is
    processed and the answers are emailed to the user. If the query format
    is incorrect, an error message is sent to the user indicating the
    problem to be corrected.

3.  Subject: get url
    get url in the subject line initiates the URL retrieval mode.  For every
    line in the email that started with "url:
" iliad will
    retrieve the , and emails the document to the user.

4.  Subject: iliad admin
    iliad admin in the subject line forwards the email message to the ILIAD
    system administrator. These instructions are listed below for your
    convenience also.

5.  All other cases receive this mail message.  If you are reading this
    message, please reformat your mail message to conform to one of the
    above formats.

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ASK ILIAD by sending it E-Mail.

Here's How:

1. Type an E-Mail message in the format listed below. You can save this
   format in your E-mail address book so each E-mail only requires that you
   enter the keywords.
2. Questions should be keywords relevant to your request. Avoid
   common and cross-disciplinary words. Select narrow, unique
   search terms that are focused on your topic.
   Submit 1 query per E-Mail.
3. E-mail your request to:

        iliad{at}prime.jsc.nasa.gov

4. The format required is:

               Subject: iliad query
               [blank line]
               ?Q: your query keywords
               [blank line]

For Example:

Subject: iliad query

?Q: NASA Learning Technologies Project

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A special option exists for those who have Web browsers and would prefer
their answers as a list of hyperlinks in an html document. If you request
this option, save the file you receive as a .html file and bring it up in
the
Web browser as a local file.

Example:

Subject: iliad query

*OutputType : urls
?Q: NASA Learning Technologies Project

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If you want embedded hot links in your document, add "*outputtype: dwl"
(document with links) before your the query line.

Example:

Subject: iliad query

*outputtype: dwl
?q: NASA Learning Technologies Project

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A tip about query terms:
Recently an instructor wanted information concerning Division 1 NCAA
swimming.  The best terms to use for this query are NCAA and swimming. The
terms Division and 1 are too broadly interpreted to be useful in this
particular question.  Apply this example to your selection of keywords.

Stopwords:
Stopwords are words that should not be used as keywords.  ILIAD stopwords
are: about above almost am and anything are around do everything how if
is less more not nothing something that the was were what when where why

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Example 1 of get url:

Subject: get url

url: http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/iliad/index.html
url: http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/Qwhiz/

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Example 2 of get url:
   To see embedded hot links in returned document:

Subject: get url

*outputtype: dwl
url: http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/iliad/index.html
url: http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/Qwhiz/

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System administration:
If you would like to communicate with the ILIAD system administrator send
mail to:

        iliad{at}prime.jsc.nasa.gov
        Subject: iliad admin
        with your message in the body of the mail.

The system administrator will reply to your mail.

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ILIAD Homepage [1]

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        Notices: What You Need to Know About NASA JSC Web Policies [2]

                            Last Update: 01/05/99
                         Curator: Stephanie Smith [3]
               Responsible NASA Official: Robert O. Shelton [4]

This technology is available for transfer to other educational facilities and
networks.
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Site notes:
  [1] http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/iliad/index.html
  [2] http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/policies.html
  [3] mailto:stephanie.l.smith1{at}jsc.nasa.gov
  [4] mailto:robert.o.shelton1.jsc.nasa.gov
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